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Re:Scalability Is Overrated by andirk on Saturday February 04, 2023 @06:59PM (#34659880)
We talking Dandong, city at the border of China and North Korea? They built everything including a giant bridge, high-rise apartments, shopping centers, parks, and a ferris wheel. But there's no people and it's been ~10 years now. It is, however, still fully maintained. [0]

[0] https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/974210.shtml

Re:Scalability Is Overrated by minusf on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:57AM (#34664922)
wikipedia says 2M people live there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandong
Re:Scalability Is Overrated by andirk on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:06PM (#34701911)
Yup. Literally first sentence of my citation "Dandong New City, a district of Dandong which was built from scratch to be a China-North Korean trade hub, now stands mostly empty." [0]

[0] https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/974210.shtml